A collection of spy technology. All photos courtesy of Dr. Jampol and The Wende Museum
When a regime falls, at first everyone wants to get rid of everything. A whole culture vanishes because it is not yet recognized as historical, just old. - Justinian Jampol
A stack of visa papers in a file cabinet
Hundreds of black and white photos fill the "Facing the Wall" exhibit
Physical recognition drawings by Peter Bochmann, head of the passport division of the border guards at border crossing Friedrichstraße-Zimmermannstraße (the east side of "Checkpoint Charlie") in East Berlin
A page from Peter Bochmann's facial recognition book featuring drawings of eyes
A display made of signs from Checkpoint Charlie
An archivist at The Wende Museum
A Stasi suitcase with a recorder insid